How To Install helpman on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install helpman on Debian 11.
What is helpman
helpman is:
Helpman provides a classified access to the manuals, installed by user/system programs, automatically. It also supports typing a program / manual name, in the Select Manual: text / combo box directly, to display it quickly. Error Messages will be shown below, if a manual is not found.
The Manual Type list box, shows sections 1 to 8, useful for specific display of a version of the manual. Say for example, if you see, CRON(8) in a manual, it means the CRON manual in the 8th section. So users should choose appropriately.
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There are three methods to install helpman on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install helpman Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install helpman using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install helpman
Install helpman Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install helpman using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install helpman
Install helpman Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install helpman using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install helpman
How To Uninstall helpman on Debian 11
To uninstall only the helpman package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove helpman
Uninstall helpman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall helpman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove helpman
Remove helpman Configurations and Data
To remove helpman configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge helpman
Remove helpman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove helpman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge helpman
Dependencies
helpman have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install helpman package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.